Fenerbahçe Announce Transfer of Senegalese Star Issiar Dia

Fenerbahçe coach Aykut Kocaman stated recently that the team wasn't done with transfers, and apparently he was correct. The club issued a statement late Tuesday night saying they have agreed to terms with Senegalese star Issiar Dia. The striker joins the team from French outfit AS Nancy-Lorraine on a four-year deal with Fenerbahçe.

Fenerbahçe issued a statement close to midnight Tuesday evening, announcing that the team has transferred Issiar Dia. The 23-year-old striker has been with French side AS Nancy-Lorraine since 2006, coming over from Amiens SC.

According to Fenerbahçe, the club has signed Dia on a four-year deal. The French-born footballer of Senegalese heritage has been a member of the Senegal National Team since 2008. Dia started his international career with the French U-21 team before making the decision to play for Senegal.

Issiar Dia was linked with moves to Wolfsburg and Stuttgart of Germany, Stoke City of England, as well as Monaco and French sides Bordeaux and Olympique Marseille recently. According to Fenerbahçe TV, Fener Vice-President ﻿﻿Murat Özaydınlı has stated that Dia will join the Canaries' camp this weekend.

idk idon reeli like this transfer much .. not what we reeeli need.. we need a big strong striker who can make sumthin happen by himself.. hopefully this dude proves me wrong but hes at my unwelcoming arms at the moment

Remedy what do you mean he can't be that amazing if no one has ever heard of him? If that were true, how does anyone ever become amazing in the first place?? Would you say Messi became amazing at 21? At 17? At 10? At some point people didn't know about him...

ergin are you a child? because you sure do post like one. The guy is going on 24 years of age and plays for a weak french team in the french league. Nancy came 13th in the league. He scores approx once every 10 games, and with that record i would be ashamed to call myself a striker.

A player becomes amazing when he plays amazing football. When a player plays amazing football it garners him international attention. Arda Turan is the same age and plays in a league that gathers next to no international attention. Yet most people know he is amazing. This guy it seems, no one has heard of him since fener signed him. If he was really that great someone would of heard of him.

Maybe he turns out to be a good player, but with all the rumours and claims, this transfer is nothing special. And it seems more logical and sane to claim that he isnt an amazing player going by these facts. Why would you call him an amazing player because Fener signed him and the international football world somehow missed out on him?

And talking of messi, as a teenager his playing gathered attention and he signed for barcelona. If your that good, you are spotted sooner rather then later.

First off if anyone is posting like a child it's how you responded, not my post. Second you still missed my whole point. A player is not good or bad because you have or haven't heard of them. They might be in a current team that they do not fit in well, or the team sucks, and therefore only score 1 out of 10 as you mentioned.

That's why Messi and Rooney didn't score at the world cup, because the teams they play on, Barca and MU, are way better than their national teams. Same thing with Eto'o going to Inter. Barca is way better and Inter couldn't set him up enough and give him many chances to score. Different style, different players, different everything.

And oh yeah, one last thing I'll note is that I HAVE heard of Dia before, saw him in some highlights about a year and a half ago, so I guess he's really good now right...

Gosh... I'm French and I think this signing sucks big time. I would have never thought Fener could sign a player like this. I mean, come on, that guy is like an eternal future star... Every summer there were rumours of him going to Marseile or another big French club but in the end he always stayed at Nancy.
I really hope he'll do good at Fener but I'm really pessimistic.

aykut kocaman wont play him as a striker, he said himself there still trying to get a striker, if we sign asamoah gyan then were going to have amazing attack but we seriously need a replacement for bilica he sucks badly

Deivid, Topuz, Kazim and now Dia on the same side! Atleast if you buy a player sell a old one!!! And btw, i tought we got striker problem in Fener! not winger problems. this transfer is totally stupid. What we need is a CB or a Striker. Not a stupid winger....

I think Deivid, Bilica and Guiza should leave!! Miranda from Sao Paolo FC is good we can get him for 8 Mill euro plus Bilica! and Deivid sell him to Flamengo becuase Zico wants him and for Guiza+12 mill euro= Nilmar!

Stoch hasn't technique he is just fast and that is the only way to beat his opponent - i think Dia is much more of a winger we need - it's seems that he doesn't goes inside like Stoch does but runs to the backline to give a cross - i would like Vagner Love as striker but that wouldn't be smart we need a good header now.

mehmet> Gyan is a good player, he's very powerful and he scored important goals last season and in the World Cup. I'm just afraid he's be a bit like Guiza, missing easy opportunities in every match or so.
I would definitely prefer a guy like Santa Cruz, who is still young and would be a lot cheaper.

I think our team will be much better with Kazim playing as striker in turkcell super lig.... not cl though. We need a striker like forlan, or ronaldinho who could lead us as striker in champions league. but our wings are super great!!!!!!!! ozer, stoch, kazim, dia, !!!!